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J. H. PENDLETON.

CABLE RAILWAY.

No. 387,994, Patented Aug. 14, 1888.

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J. H. PENDLETON.

CABLE RAILWAY.

Patented Aug. 14

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JOHN H. PENDLETON, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO THE RAPID TRANSIT CABLE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, n. Y.

CABLE R SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,994, datedAugust 14, 1888.

Application filed January 25, 1887. Renewed June 13, 1888. Serial No.276,934. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. PEN LETON, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in CableRailways, of which the following is a specification.

Difficulty has heretofore been experienced in cable railways where onetrack crosses another in prevcntin g the cables rubbing against IO eachother and in maintaining a hold or grip upon one of the cables while thecar is crossing the intersection.

I elevate the tracks at the intersection by gradually-inclinedapproaches, so that one I 5 cable can be passed entirely below the railsof the crossing track without being depressed materially, or without thecross ties being cut off, and the other cable is carried along in theusual level and guided by peculiar rollers,

so as to be raised or lowered through narrow openings between the railsof the crossing track.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the intersecting tracks and ofthe cables and 2 5 rollers. Fl g. 2 is a vertical section at the line m,and Fig. 8 is a similar section at the line y y.

The tracks A A and B B are upon the respective ranges of crossties A B,and these are either set in the earth or supported upon girders D D,such as used in elevatedrailway structures.

The intersecting frogs E, that form the rails and intervening grooves,are of any ordinary 5 character; but at 3 3 there are completeseparations in the crossing rails, forming openin gs that are wideenough for the cable F to be lifted up or allowed to descend, and thiscable F runs upon the sheaves or guide-wheels H 4c H, having horizontalaxes, and made in any usual or desired manner, and this cable F in itsnormal condition is nearly a straight line as it passes along over thewheels H H.

The guide-rollers I I are in pairs at the 5 outsides of and adjacent tothe openings 3 in the rails, and such guide-rollers are upon verticalaxles in suitable bearings below the rollers, and each roller is largestin the middle and is rounded upon its periphery, and it is placed withits center portion at or near the level of the rail, so as to guide thecable and prevent it cutting upon the ends of the rails at the openings3, when said cable is lifted up orallowed to drop; hence the cartraveling upon the track A can retain the hold upon the cable by thegrip in passing the intersection.

In order to depress the cable K of the track B sufficiently to cause itto travel freely beneath the cable F, I use the grooved wheels orsheaves L, beneath which such cable K travels. These grooved wheels areadjacent to the track A, and the amount of the depression is necessarilysuch that the crossties of the track B would have to be cut off were itnot for the fact that both tracks, A and B, are inclined upwardly to thefrogs, as shown, so that the necessary space is obtained, and the cableK passes through holes in the sill-pieces A of the tracks A, that areintroduced at the intersections below the frogs. The blocks P upon thecross-ties are used for raising the inclined rails. It will now beunderstood that the grip that connects the cable K to the car upon thetrack B has 7 to be opened and the cable dropped while the car ispassing the crossing, and that the cable is picked up and gripped afterthe car has passed such crossing; but with cars upon the track A thecable does not have to be dropped. This improvement allows for the useof cables especially at the intersections of elevated-railway structureswithout making any changes in the iron portions of the structure.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with the intersecting tracksand the respective cables, of frog-plates or rails that are separated at3, for allowing the cable F to be raised through such sep 0 aration oropening, and pairs of guide-rollers to guide the cable and preventcontact with the frog-plates or rails, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 16th day of December, A. D. 1886.

J. H. PENDLETON.

WVitnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, WVILLIAM G. MOTT.

